Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-04-09
C. NJ. MCGUIRE,
Sheriff Of Phillips County
Proclamation for a Special Election

In Prairie View township, in Phillips
county, Kansas, in the matter of The
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
Company.
To the qualified voters of Prairie View
township in Phillips county, Kansas.
WHEREAS, on the 10Th day of March,
1887, there was pre-. ented to the Board
of County Commissioners of said cOun-
ty, in special session duly convened a
petition signed by more than twO-h ths
OF the re-ident tax payers Of said town
ship praying said bard of Commission
ers 10 submit 70 the qualified voters of
said township a proposition to sub-cribe
20 one hundred and fifty shares of one
hundred dollars each of the capital
stock of Fhe Chicago, Kansas and Ne
braska Railway Company, and in pay
ment therefor, IN Issue to said Railway
Company fifteen Of the bonds of said
township of the denomination of one
thousand dollars each. all on the terms
and conditions set forth in said petition
which petition, emitting the signatures
Of the signeTs thereof, is IN words and
/ figures as follows tO-Wit:
PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Phil
/ lips, in The state of Kansas.
We, he undersigned, your petition
ers, each being a re ident tax payer OF
The township of Prairie View, III Phil
/ lips county in the state of Kansas, re-
/ specttully petition your honorable body
"a submit to the qualified electors OF
said township for their acceptance Or
J rejection, at a special election TO be or
dered by your honorable body, under
/ and IN pursuance OF the laws of the state
1 OF Kansas, and the act entitled, ''An
I Act 10 enable Counties, Townships and
/ Cities to aid ia the construction of rail-
/ roads, and to repeal section eight. Of
chapter thirty-nine. of the laws of 1874,
approved February 25th, 1876. and the
I amendments thereto, the following prop
OSitiOn with the terms and conditions
/ herein specified, tO-wit:
Shall the said township of Prairie
View, in Phillips county in the state OF
Kansas, subscribe for one hundred and
fifty shares OF one hundred dollars each,
of the capital stock of The Chicago,
Kansas and Nebraska Railway COmpa
ny. and In payment therefor to issue 70
said Railway Company fifteen of the
bonds of said township of the denOmi-
nation Of one Thousand dollars each, OF
50 many thereof mot exceeding said
numbeT) as shall amount to not ex.
ceeding four Thousand dollars per mile
/ for each mile of railroad constructed in
said township by said Railway Cumpa-
ny; said bonds TO be payable 10 the
[ bearer at the Fiscal Agency of the state
/ Of Kansas, in New York City, twenty
years after the date thereof, bearing in
terest at the rate of six per cent. per
annum, interest payable semi-annually.
for which interest coupons shall be At
tached. payable at the fiscal agency
aforesaid: this subscription of stock and
/ issue of bonds being upon the following
conditions, namely:
As soon as said proposition shall be
determined in the affirmative by a can
vass Of the votes east at such election
the Board Of County Commissioners Of
said county Of Philips for and on be
half OF said township shah order the
County Clerk 70 make, and the County